jpmeyer posted:

looked for an article on him and found this: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-veteran-killed-kramatorsk-ukraine/

a computer toucher in the reserves with absolutely no combat or medical experience becoming a medic, hmmmmmm

Hatebag posted:

There's also one that shoots out a huge mess of conductive tendrils for shorting out electrical transmission facilities.

sum posted:

o7
https://twitter.com/syncronus/status/1676739057479712769

stephenthinkpad posted:

So what does a computer toucher marine do in Kyiv? Too far from the front line to drive a FPV drone.

Best Friends posted:

does in no way explain the medic part though. presumably all the foreign volunteers and domestic “politicals” are told to say that for PR purposes or something?

mycomancy posted:

what

Frosted Flake posted:

Did anyone point out that the US has specialized munitions that can only be used to attack civilian electrical infrastructure?

https://youtu.be/QY904Uj859g

The Graphite Bomb (CBU-94/B)

The CBU-94/B "Blackout" cluster bomb uses the BLU-114/B special-purpose munition, probably coupled with the either the SUU-65/B or SUU-66/B dispenser. The weapon is used to attack electrical power infrastructure. It is sometimes referred to as the graphite bomb.

The BLU-114/B is similar in size and shape to the BLU-97 /B, containing chemically treated carbon graphite filaments, a small explosive charge and a parachute-retard system all packed into a cylindrical casing.

Paper Here

Although very little is known about this highly classified weapon, reportedly it functions by dispensing a number of submunitions which in turn disperse large numbers of chemically treated carbon graphite filaments which short-circuit electrical power distribution equipment such as transformers and switching stations. The weapon is sometimes referred to as a "soft bomb" since its effects are largely confined to the targetted electrical power facility, with minimal risk of collateral damage.

This previously undisclosed weapon, carried by the F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, was used for the first time on 02 May 1999 as part of Operation ALLIED FORCE strikes against Serbia. Following these attacks lights went out over 70 per cent of the country. The munition was subsequently used on the night of 07 May 1999 to counter Serbian efforts to restore damage caused by the initial attack.

Similar in concept to the "Kit-2" Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missile warhead used in the opening days of Operation DESERT STORM, few details of either weapons can be established on an unclassified basis. The missiles, packed with bomblets filled with small spools of carbon-fiber wire, deprived Iraq of 85% of its generating capacity.

Alpha 1 posted:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/politics/joe-biden-cluster-munitions-ukraine/

This is as close as we're going to get to an admission that the NATO stockpiles are gone. The full might of NATO technowar could not overcome the primitive orcish shamanism of "having factories that make shells instead of financial scams."

quote:

“This is a war relating to munitions. And they’re running out of that ammunition, and we’re low on it,” Biden said. “And so, what I finally did, I took the recommendation of the Defense Department to – not permanently – but to allow for this transition period, while we get more 155 weapons, these shells, for the Ukrainians.”

mawarannahr posted:

mawarannahr posted:

Alpha 1 posted:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/politics/joe-biden-cluster-munitions-ukraine/

This is as close as we're going to get to an admission that the NATO stockpiles are gone. The full might of NATO technowar could not overcome the primitive orcish shamanism of "having factories that make shells instead of financial scams."

VoicesCanBe posted:

Oh wow lmao I didn't expect Biden to just straight up admit it.

VoicesCanBe posted:

It is remarkable how the most rabidly pro-Ukraine westerners have in practice total disregard for the people actually living in the country.

PhilippAchtel posted:

They've convinced themselves that any compromise means the literal extermination of the Ukrainian people so there's no sacrifice too great.

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

Is team blue and yellow still claiming the REAL counteroffensive hasn't begun yet?

mawarannahr posted:

Frosted Flake posted:

Air Defence. Rumour is IRIS-T NSAM and Patriot are crewed by Advisors, just like SA2s in nam.

mawarannahr posted:

www.defense.gov posted:

The Defense Department announced an additional security assistance package of up to $800 million aimed at providing key capabilities to support Ukraine's counteroffensive operations and defend against Russia's war of aggression.
The package includes additional munitions for U.S.-provided Patriot air defense systems and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems as Ukraine continues its push to reclaim territory seized by Russian forces.

The package also contains additional artillery systems and ammunition, including dual-purpose improved conventional munitions, or DPICM, which the Pentagon is providing for the first time to Ukraine after extensive consultation with Congress and U.S. allies.  

The newly fielded munitions, which will be drawn from Defense Department stocks, are designed to disperse submunitions from the air, allowing Ukraine to target broad swaths of entrenched Russian troops and equipment.  

In announcing the latest package, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin H. Kahl said the Pentagon is providing the new capability to Ukraine in order to meet the "urgency of the moment" as Ukrainians continue their counteroffensive.

"This is to make sure that the Ukrainians have the confidence that they have what they need, but frankly also that the Russians know that Ukrainians are going to stay in the game," he said.  

Kahl noted that, with the announcement, the U.S. will be able to immediately provide Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery at a critical time in the offensive.

"This decision will ensure we can sustain our support for Ukraine by bringing us to a point where we are producing sufficient artillery ammunition on a monthly basis across the coalition," he said.  

In reaching the decision, the Pentagon heavily weighed the potential risk the rounds could pose to the civilian population in areas where the rounds are deployed.

The specific rounds that are being fielded have been assessed to have a dud rate, or rate of unexploded submunitions released from each round, of 2.35%.  

That contrasts to the cluster munitions employed by Russia throughout Ukraine since the start of the war that have dud rates of up to 40%.

The Pentagon is also working with Ukraine to minimize the risks associated with the munitions. 

Ukrainian officials have provided the U.S. with written assurances that they will employ the capability responsibly, and that they will not use the rounds in civilian-populated urban environments.  
Ukraine has also committed to mine clearing efforts once the conflict ends to further minimize the potential impact of the rounds on civilians.  

The U.S. has provided more than $95 million in assistance for Ukraine's demining efforts.  

The latest round of assistance marks the 42nd drawdown of equipment from DOD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. 

The Biden administration has committed more than $41.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's invasion in February 2022. 
"For the past year and a half, President Biden has been clear that we will support Ukraine for as long as it takes," Kahl said. 
"Throughout the Kremlin's vicious war of choice, the Ukrainian forces have effectively leveraged assistance and shown outstanding bravery and skill," he said. "Ukraine's fight is a marathon, not a sprint. So we will continue to provide Ukraine with the urgent capabilities that it needs to meet the moment, as well as what it needs to keep itself secure for the long term from Russian aggression."

icantfindaname posted:

So how's that counteroffensive going

Резидент posted:

⚡️⚡️⚡️#Insider
Our source in the OP said that at the Rate Zaluzhny reported to Zelensky about the losses of the APU, on the southern front we lose 5-7 units of heavy equipment per day, on the eastern front up to 4 units. With such an intensity of the battle, the Ukrainian army will be able to conduct offensive operations until the end of the summer, and then we will have to go on the defensive along the entire front line. Zaluzhny again asks to suspend the counteroffensive and give up the senseless attempts of Syrsky on the flanks of Bakhmut.

fits my needs posted:

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1677395620401741824?s=20

stephenthinkpad posted:

But what is Zaluzhny's plan?

Starsfan posted:

yeah and the most galling thing is that the Nazi vanguard with all their western supplied armor and equipment was immediately pulled out of the offensives south of Orikhiv and around Bakhmut when it became obvious that it wasn't going to fly and instead they are sending the normal people who are probably poor and couldn't get out of being rounded up in one of Ukraines mass mobilization drives off to charge the Russian front..

at least send in the Nazis Ukraine

fits my needs posted:

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1677395620401741824?s=20

paul_soccer12 posted:

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paul_soccer12 posted:

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FirstnameLastname posted:

i hear this guy wants to have sex with mark zuckerberg